bludgeon vs ferrule

bludgeon

verb
  • To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon. 

  • To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club. 

noun
  • A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end. 

ferrule

verb
  • To equip with a ferrule. 

noun
  • The plastic band attaching the tip to the cue. 

  • The pinched metal band which holds the bristles of a paintbrush to the shaft. 

  • The metal spike at the end of the shaft of an ice axe. 

  • A band or cap (usually metal) placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting. 

  • A bushing for securing a pipe joint. 

  • A metal sleeve placed inside a gutter at the top. 

How often have the words bludgeon and ferrule occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )